Shift Foreman

:  Optimize utilization of resources and achieve overall mine operations safety and production objectives by supervising, coordinating, and scheduling the activities of mine operations personnel.

Essential Functions (90%)
Supervise, coordinate, and schedule the activities of all mine operations personnel.  
•    Provide leadership to all mining activities, ensuring work is being completed in a safe, efficient, and timely manner.
•    Control all allocated labor to ensure maximum availability of resources by managing absenteeism and taking corrective action where applicable.
•    Coordinate resources to maintain and enhance critical equipment performance and availability through best business practices.
•    Supervise, train, and develop assigned team members as required.
•    Establish good working relationships with other departments.

Production, Efficiency and Cost Control
•    Coordinate equipment usage to ensure efficient and effective achievement of operational objectives.
•    Analyze equipment rates and make changes to daily operational plans as necessary, based on mining conditions.
•    Ensure achievement of production targets by maintaining operational objectives
•    Ensures all administrative data for the operations is generated accurately and in a timely manner; including all equipment and personnel time sheets and logbooks as well as daily diaries and production reports as required. 
•    Ensure that all records on equipment utilization (i.e., hours, pre-start checklists and utilized hours, are recorded daily)
•    Report performance breakdowns, equipment damage, safety near misses, incidents, and accidents according to established procedures
•    Implement short- and long-term operational plans and objectives, in accordance with production plan requirements.
•    Assesses employee performance against objectives on a regular basis as per Company policy and take corrective action where required.
•    Implement and maintain operating procedures to ensure safe and effective operation of the mine.

•    Implement actions to optimize mining process performance and attain efficiency targets in the areas of labor productivity, equipment availability, utilization, and material consumption.
•    Participate actively with the technical services group to support the development of optimum mining short and long-term plans.
•    Develop and implement area work ownership with resources to maintain appropriate balance of workload with priority to equipment availability.
•    Investigate accidents and near misses with a view toward positive action, emphasis on prevention through training, equipment set-up or equipment repair and report on findings and conclusions.
•    Identify haul roads and dumpsites that need repair and ensure deviations are rectified.

Safety
•    Improve on safety standards by holding safety meetings, conducting safety interactions, and taking corrective action where required.
•    Ensure adherence to State, Federal and Company workplace policies and standard work procedures for risk identification, risk assessment and risk control.
•    Maintain a high level of Safety performance through effective communication, monitoring, and revision of standard work procedures.
•    Identify and report safety risks, accidents, incidents, injuries, and property damage at the workplace.
•    Attend and participate in all scheduled safety meetings and training.
•    Investigate accidents and RPI’s with a view toward prevention.

Additional Functions (10%)

• Other duties as assigned by management.

Physical Analysis (as a percent of workday): 
•    30% - Standing while in mine facility or underground.
•    50% - Walking underground in mine
•    5% - Climbing stairs around belt crossovers.
•    <5% - Climbing ladders. 
•    <5% - Balancing on stairs, ladders, and along belt line.
•    5% - Stooping while examining areas around belt lines or equipment underground.
•    5% - Kneeling 
•    5% - Crouching 
•    10% - Forward reaching
•    <5% - Bended reaching 
•    <5% - Handling shovels, water hoses, grease guns
•    75% - Talking to communicate with mine personnel and subordinates.
•    100% - Vision must be good as required for traveling about the mine and safety.
•    100% - Hearing for communications and safety.
•    <5% - Lifting various objects up to 25 pounds.
•    <5% - Carrying various objects or materials up to 25 pounds.
Other Requirements:  
•    First responder certification
•    Job Description may change as job requirements change